---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 1598"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "1598"
heading: "Notice of intention to prosecute"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/1598"
units:
  - "Chapter 37 — Seeds"
  - "Subchapter IV — General Provisions"
---

# §1598. Notice of intention to prosecute


Before any violation of this chapter is reported by the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) of Agriculture to any [United States](/usc/7/1561.md?p=a-1) attorney for institution of a criminal proceeding, the [person](/usc/7/1561.md?p=a-2) against whom such proceeding is contemplated shall be given appropriate notice and an opportunity to prevent[^1] his views, either orally or in writing, with regard to such contemplated proceeding.


## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. Probably should be “present”.

## Source credit

(Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title IV, § 408, 53 Stat. 1286.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

See section 1610 of this title.